Henri Dès (born Henri Destraz 14 December 1940)[1][2] is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries.[1] In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.[1]
Henri Dès | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Henri Destraz |
Born | Renens, Vaud, Switzerland | 14 December 1940
Labels | Mary Josée Productions |
Website | www |
In 1969, he won the Sopot International Song Festival.
He represented Switzerland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Retour". It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song "C'est pour la vie".
On 15 March 2019 he joined striking school children in Lausanne protesting against climate change.[3]
Discography
editYear | Album name | Label |
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1970 | Retour | Disques Evasion |
1974 | Quand on revient d'ailleurs | Mary-Josée Music |
1977 | Cache-cache | Mary-Josée/CBS Records |
1978 | Si c'était moi? | Disques Mary-Josée |
1979 | La Petite Charlotte | Mary-Josée/CBS Records |
1980 | Flagada | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1982 | L'âne blanc | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1984 | Dessin fou | Mary-Josée/CBS Records |
1985 | Les Trésors de Notre Enfance Vol. 1 | Mary-Josée/CBS Records |
1986 | Le Beau Tambour | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1988 | La Glace au citron | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1989 | Olympia 1989 | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1991 | Les Bêtises | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1993 | Le crocodile | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
1994 | Olympia 94 | Mary-Josée/Sony Music |
1995 | Far West | Mary-Josée/Sony Music |
1996 | Olympia 1996 | Mary-Josée/Sony Music |
1997 | On ne peut (pas) tout dire | Mary-Josée/Sony Music |
1998 | Olympia 98 | |
1999 | Du soleil | Mary-Josée/D.E.P. |
2000 | Olympia 2000 | |
2001 | C'est le père Noël | Mary-Josée/D.E.P. |
2002 | Comme des géants | Mary-Josée/D.E.P. |
2003 | Olympia 2003 | |
2005 | Polissongs | Mary-Josée/D.E.P. |
2006 | Olympia 2006 | |
2007 | Gâteau | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
2008 | L'Hirondelle et le Papillon | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
2009 | Olympia 2009 | |
2011 | Tout Simplement | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
2012 | Abracadabra | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
2012 | En 25 chansons | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
2014 | 50 ans de chansons | Mary-Josée/Interdisc |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Henri Dès". francevision.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2002. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
- ^ "Henri Dès | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Henri Dès chante pour les grévistes". 20 minutes (in French). 15 March 2019.
External links
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